High-water mark
499.3028
career-best overall
92.5% of a perfect 540
Their best day on record: 499.3028 at Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival — 92.5% of a perfect 540.
- Backyard
- Aug 18, 2023
SMOKING AND JOKING BBQ
SMOKING AND JOKING BBQ is a competition barbecue team with 3 Kansas City Barbeque Society (KCBS) contests on record between 2022 and 2023. Their best overall finish is 8th of 27 at the Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival (2023).
At a glance (the record in numbers)
Rating
1514
Unranked — needs 5 rated contests, has 2
Contests
3
in the data
First seen
Nov 18, 2022
latest Aug 18, 2023
Overall top-10s
1
of 3 contests
Avg finish
top 26%
overall standings
Walk rate
67%
contests with a top-10 call
Strongest meat
Pork
avg 170.56 · weakest Chicken (161.09)
Road miles
30
across 3 mapped stops
Purse competed for
$19K
listed at 2 contests — purses, not winnings
Backyard (3-meat) avg
495.91 / 540
2 Backyard (3-meat) contests · 0 GCs
This team cooks the Backyard series — its own boards, records and Team of the Year are here.
Team of the Year (rank per category by season — the year links to the full board on kcbs.us)
| Year | Series | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 ↗ | Backyard | — | #219 (186 pts) | #189 (236 pts) | — | — |
By meat
| Category | Entries | Calls | Wins | Podiums | Best | Worst | Average | Avg finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 161.6456 | 160.5372 | 161.09 | top 38% |
| Pork Ribs | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 169.1544 | 162.2744 | 165.89 | top 34% |
| Pork | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 171.4056 | 169.7144 | 170.56 | top 15% |
“Calls” = top-10 category finishes (getting called to the stage). Scores here are the final weighted totals KCBS publishes; per-criterion appearance/taste/tenderness marks aren’t in the public results feed.
More numbers
Busiest season
2022
2 contests
Contests a season
1.5
across 2 seasons in the data
Most contests held in
GA
3 of 3 contests
Contests visited
2
a different one every time
Most-entered meat
Pork Ribs
3 entries · 0 wins · 2 calls
Opponents faced
96
finished ahead 78 times, behind 43
Milestones (the firsts, the round numbers and the personal bests)
20234 milestones
- First overall top-10 Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- Career-best overall score499.3028 Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- Career-best single call (Pork)171.4056 Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
- Most recent contest Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival
20223 milestones
- First tracked contest Atlanta BBQ Store Classic (One Meat Ribs)
- First call Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
- First overall past 90% of a perfect score492.5260 Atlanta BBQ Store Classic
Contest history (click a row for the event, a column to sort)
| Date | Event | Overall | Chicken | Ribs | Pork | Brisket |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 2023 | Pigs & Peaches BBQ Festival 🏅 Kennesaw, GA | 8 / 27 (499.3028) | 12 (161.6456) | 10 (166.2516) | 5 (171.4056) | — |
| Nov 18, 2022 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic 🏅 Cumming, GA | 13 / 57 (492.5260) | 18 (160.5372) | 10 (162.2744) | 7 (169.7144) | — |
| Nov 17, 2022 | Atlanta BBQ Store Classic (One Meat Ribs) Cumming, GA | — | — | 16 (169.1544) | — | — |